Biography

Ferdinand Loyen du Puigaudeau

French 1864-1930

Ferdinand du Puigadeau was born in 1864 in Nantes. He studied without a master, traveling instead to Rome, Venice and Florence early in his life. He came back to France in 1888 to travel then to Pont-Aven, where he encountered Paul Gauguin.

He later journeyed to Africa, Germany and Switzerland, and obtained a scholarship to visit Sweden. He returned again to Bretagne, where he stayed and worked for the next 30 years. It was there that he came to know and work with Degas, Monet and Renoir.

Works by Puigaudeau are housed in important collections throughout France, including several in the Museé de Nantes, the artist's native town.

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